#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Kristin Youngmeyer Ohio Housing Finance Agency Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Between my course load at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, and responsibilities at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, my … Continued
Americans refer to Canada affectionately as America’s hat, but for Detroit, we’re looking south on our northern neighbor. Detroit is the only state in the contiguous 48 that can look southward into Canada. From Detroit, there are two ways to enter Canada: The Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, which both link Windsor, Ontario and … Continued
For music fanatics and history buffs this might seem like a no-brainier, but we want to make sure ELGL’ers from around the country headed to Detroit this May know about the Motown Sound. Motown originated in 1959 by Berry Gordy (starting with only an $800 loan from a family savings fund) when he envisioned a … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Aidan Nevin Department of Better Technology Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? How do we convince risk adverse local governments to embrace new Civic Technology? Window, middle, or aisle – which is your … Continued
Belle Isle is a recreational island park located in the Detroit River between Detroit and Canada — and, it’s the country’s largest city island park. At approximately 982 acres, Belle Isle is larger than New York City’s Central Park. (Fun fact: both Central Park and Belle Isle were designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Timothy Martin Head of Office of Citizen Engagement – City of Roanoke, VA Connect: ELGL Profile, LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? New Office of Citizen Engagement Window, middle, or aisle – which … Continued
Today marks 30 days to the #ELGL17 conference in Detroit, can you believe it? We’re gearing up and getting excited to welcome ELGLers from around the country to the Mitten State. For the next 30 days, we’ll be sharing a fun fact about Detroit, along with other interesting information related to the conference. Following along … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Daniel Bourdeau Chief Innovation Officer – City of Westland, MI Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Balancing human and capital resources between the need to protect data and infrastructure with making … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. N. Zach Ratkai Economic Development Manager – City of Richland, WA Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? The largest project on my desk is a cooperative project with the Northwest Seaport … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Sam Taylor Deputy City Manager – City of Coeur d’Alene, ID Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Creating a more efficient public parking system in terms of customer experience, better signage, better use of technology, … Continued
